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1 Hellas in the narrower sense, not including Thessaly.
2 Herodotus' points of the compass are wrong throughout in his description of Thermopylae; the road runs east and west, not north and south as he supposes; so “west” here should be “south” and “east” “north.” “In front” and “behind” are equivalent to “west” and “east” respectively.
3 It is to be noted that in 480 the pass of Thermopylae was no longer in Phocian territory.
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